The Mummy

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Frankenstein's creature wasn't the only movie monster to be immortalized by horror legend Boris Karloff. In another classic chiller from Universal Studios, Karloff shambles on to the screen as the reanimated remains of Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian prieststill yearning for his lost love. Reappearing as a modern day Egyptologist, Karloff becomes obsessed with a young woman who bears a striking resemblance to his beloved queen from centuries past. As much a tragic love story as it is a horror movie, it benefits immensely from the sure hand of first time director Karl Freund and the meticulous make-up effects by Jack Pierce.

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Frankenstein's creature wasn't the only movie monster to be immortalized by horror legend Boris Karloff. In another classic chiller from Universal Studios, Karloff shambles on to the screen as the reanimated remains of Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian prieststill yearning for his lost love. Reappearing as a modern day Egyptologist, Karloff becomes obsessed with a young woman who bears a striking resemblance to his beloved queen from centuries past. As much a tragic love story as it is a horror movie, it benefits immensely from the sure hand of first time director Karl Freund and the meticulous make-up effects by Jack Pierce.